Bottle.



No. 880,082. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908 J. L. KENDRIGK.

BOTTLE;

- APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

"HIIIIIIIIIIIIII'HI JAMES L. KENDRIGK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed July 1. 1907- Serial No. 381.786-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. KENDRICK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bos-' ton, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of

-which the following is a specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bottle. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of two sections separated showing a removable bottom. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the center of the bottle. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line A-A of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a modification shown in sectional elevation.

, My invention has for its object to provide a bottle especially adapted for use in mails, and may serve to carry various commodities whether a liquid, paste or powder, and is a compact, ornamental and convenient method of carrying medical or toilet requisites, and samples of different grades doing away with the handling of many different vials or bottles, as well as serving to illustrate the difference between grades of material in a much better manner. v

To this end, my invention consists in providing a multi le of interchangeable bodies that may be interlocked together at will, forming one continuous article, each body having removable bottoms whereby a com partment may be made of greater or less cubic area, and other novel features to be hereinafter referred to.

In the drawings A represents the body of the upper section of mymvention, and B the lower sections, each of which are preferably made cylindrical in form, the lower section B having an opening?) at each end of the cylinder while the upper section A is open the full diameter of'the inside of the cylinder only at one end 6. Each section is divided into a separate receptacle by the introduction of a removable bottom C provided with an outwardly projecting flange c which fits within an annu ar recess or groove g that is formed in the" lower portion of the bodies A and B, and serves as a gasket or packing where each section is joined together. While the upturned part 61 of the, bottom 0 pro'ects into the cylindrical openin s in the b0 y above, the flange c rests on t e uppermost edge of the section immediately beneath, shown in the drawings Fig. 3.

The bottom C may be made of cork, rubber or any other elastic non leakable material that will effectually form a tight fit between each of the sections, and to more perfectly insure the best joint at this point, each section jections f and grooves g on their lower and upper edges respectively and with. a partial rotation of these interlocking members, the

bottoms C are firmly clamped in position (shown in Figs. 3 and 4) between a shoulder at the bottom of the recess in the underside of each section and the contiguous edge of the section immediately beneath. For additional convenience I provide certain terminal sections A with one or more perforations a shown in Figs. 3 and 5 that may be formed in the end or in a nozzle or neck having any suitable sealing device those shown in the drawings being two well known methods either as a pivoted plate is or screw cap K, but -any other form of seal might be used aseffectively depending on the kind of compound held within these compartments, whether of a liquid or semi liquid or dry nature.

Having described the several members that enter into the construction of my invention it is my intention to employ either porcelain, glass, metal or hard rubber or any other sultable meterial for their manufacture that can be turned or molded most economically.

Any ordinary tube may be used as a casing or wrap er for mailing purposes and the fact that eac section is separated by the elastic packing, the bottle as a whole is less rigid, and the liability of its fracture reduced to a minimum, but in the event of any compartment becoming unfit for use or broken it can be renewed at slight expense, all parts being removable and interchangeable, and another terminal A might be employed on the lower end should the occasion require.

As an additional precaution against leakage while in transit each joint may be sealed with wax.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a bottle the combination of two. or more se arable bodies provided with suitable interlocking media formed on the rimof each A and B is provided with interlocking PlO- body, each body forming an individual 're ceptacle and provided with removable bottoms for the purpose specified substantially set forth.

2. In a bottle the combination of two or more separable bodies rovided with suitable interlocking media ormed on the rim of each body, each body for an individual receptacle and provided Wlbh' removable bottoms having flanges, said bottoms forming non-leakable packing for the purpose specified substantially as set forth. 7

3. In a bottle the combination'of two 0 more separable bodies AB provided with suitable interloc media formed on the rim of each body, eac body forming an individual receptacle and provided with re- -movable bottoms 0 having fla es .c

projecting outwardly forming a noneakable seepagtions having a removable bottom which serves for closing the end orifice of the next adjoining vsection when the sections are iclamped together and each of the adjoining sections provided with a'complemental portion' of suitable interlocking media for clampi the sections together.

in testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the-presence of two witnesses,

JAMES L. KENDRICK.

Witnesses:

R. HENRY MARSH, MATTHEW J. DEVINEY. 

